Achala Bhat

A multi-disciplinary HR leader with key and SME knowledge in Talent Development and Learning and Development. In my immediate past role, I lead and built the People Development agenda and team for Moss Adams in India. The key domains I lead - > Future skills, Learning, Talent and Career development and Culture building. Previously, I have worked with Infosys Ltd, Deloitte USI and KPMG Global Services in multi-stakeholder and highly critical and complex projects in the domain of Talent Development and L&D.

I take passion in amalgamating attributes of behavioral science and high performance in organizations, and design them as offerings for the workforce.

With an upbringing in diverse cultures, I had the opportunity to develop an agile mindset. I was conferred the L&D Future Leader Award by The Economic Times - HR World, last year, for contributions in the field of Talent Development. I also strive to contribute the knowledge gained via work on forums such as HR Conferences and White Paper contests and have won accolades for the same.

Behavioral Skill sets include: Flexibility, Liaising & Coordination, Result Oriented Approach & Problem Solving

Aside of work , public speaking, travelling, writing and fitness are the activities/arenas I am passionate about outside of work.

I had the privilege of emerging as the 1st place winner in Impromptu speech in Toastmasters International, amongst 4k+ participants across 7 provinces of India, in the year 2021.

• Won the L&D Future Leader Award as conferred by The Economic Times - HR World
• Awarded the "Above and Beyond" Award, the highest individual performer award at KPMG Global Services for excellence in 2 critical, large scale and multi-stakeholder projects
• The Rising Star Award at KPMG Global Services for creating an impact with the stakeholder partnership and creative solutions.
• Brandon Hall Awards - Bronze for Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy, whilst at Deloitte USI.
• Spot Award awarded for supporting onboarding and upskilling initiatives for Deloitte for 1000+ campus hires, coordinating with 25+ business stakeholders.
• ATD "Best"Award for design, deployment and communication strategies for the Internal Career platform for Infosys Ltd.
• Awarded 2nd Place for the White Paper on : Automation, a continuum at the 14th HRD Summit, by AIMA.
• 1st place - eWIT Award for Excellence , in 2017 for a paper presentation on "Importance of People Management to the success of HR strategy.